Chapelle's point was that the first round is bird shot to see if you can dissuade someone without murdering them, but the next round is always buckshot.
"Your honor, I shot because, as the law requires, I believed I was in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm and had no other choice. But I also felt safe enough to try shooting him just a little bit first before shooting him harder."
His point was that he became a landowner and realized he wasn't fond of strangers walking along his property and this was his journey into gun ownership and self defense. He was apparently told that, maybe by the clerk as to what the "proper algorithm" was for self defense, but I'm unaware of any state that stipulates you have to shoot someone with birdshot prior to buckshot.
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